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Ipswich game. From our offices

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in Germany. And we.

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by fucked by drop points as well. You.

7:01

Know we'll have to final the guy that kind of feeling about

7:03

Anna on us kind of our am. Now it is. All bets

7:05

are off. I think this is it. A. Gut feeling

7:07

is that leads have got to win these next two

7:09

games and I think. Absolute minimum six

7:11

points from the city, but probably

7:14

seven points to make sure that

7:16

he do finish top two but

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that depends entirely course of more

7:20

said switch unless still. Managed.

7:22

To conjured in the next couple of weeks and

7:24

neither of them a licking could easily that of

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them seem to be emphatically fine fettle. I

7:29

think of all the see Ipswich will probably

7:31

feel happier than anybody else. Potlucks took the

7:33

league in the two points cleat of thought

7:35

and also because this though surely in that

7:37

mindset of being absolutely amazed that that on

7:39

the threshold of and ninety points as good

7:41

as he will last season is as so

7:43

organized as the Out on the mckenna and

7:45

he clearly do new. Since. They

7:47

do know what his tactics are supposed to be and

7:49

the the the evidently fit scored really well. It is

7:52

still in of this has gone way beyond the single

7:54

most people would have predicted even though the loot like

7:56

the as can a playoff potential. The. festival

7:58

a further than that But Lester,

8:00

I just can't get a handle on at all. I think

8:03

I said to you in the last podcast, and

8:05

I do think this, that defeat Ellen road

8:07

has just lingered with them. And I do think

8:09

if they'd put away one of those two chances

8:11

at one nil or if that goal that was

8:13

disallowed had been given at one nil, I

8:15

think they'd be up by now. And I think they'd have avoided this

8:18

kind of shake of nerves that they'd

8:20

not been able to cope with, but it's absolutely wide

8:22

open. So yeah, I do think leads absolutely need to

8:24

be burrowing QPR. I think they'll need six

8:26

points minimum, probably seven. But in

8:29

saying that, who knows what the top two are going

8:31

to do from this point. A lot of people have

8:33

been saying six seven is not going to be enough.

8:35

I suspect it might be seven possibly might see us

8:38

over the line. But right now, a goal

8:40

feels like a million miles away. A point feels

8:42

like a million miles away. A wind feels even

8:44

further away. Is that just the

8:47

thing we just need to shake off? Do you think

8:49

it is? I mean, I'm not. No, I'm not. I

8:51

don't think that I think it is just we want

8:53

to go in if someone's asked to perfectly Bamford's asked

8:55

so he can be reignited. I'm not

8:57

pretending that leads have played well since international breaks. They

8:59

haven't. And I think what went

9:01

on in those two weeks, the players that

9:03

were lost injuries certainly made a difference to

9:05

the game. What for I think Farka choosing

9:08

the back four that he did down at what

9:10

for shuffling the partnership of road on and amp

9:12

do didn't help. I know why he said he did

9:14

it because he didn't think purple could play for long

9:16

enough to keep that back four intact. But it

9:19

was still breaking up the best central

9:21

defensive period that there is in the division or

9:23

other that has been since January

9:25

and they haven't looked to Philippines since then. There

9:27

hasn't been a lot of spark. They haven't played

9:29

especially well. They got over the line against whole

9:32

didn't have it in them against Sunderland, didn't have

9:34

it in them against blackbone watching

9:37

the blackbone game back. I

9:39

do think that the substitutions in the second half

9:42

created a bit of chaos that blackbone were able to

9:44

exploit. Blackbone basically got the goal that they were looking

9:46

for all day in the way that they were hoping

9:48

it was going to come, which was a

9:50

bit of transitional play that found Schmodick's in

9:52

space and left him one on one with

9:54

Millie who he'd back himself to be and

9:56

did. And that's how it fell. And I

9:58

Appreciate that. The Elites? What. We're.

10:01

Trying to win that game as opposed to thinking

10:03

of point may be good and this, but on

10:05

reflection and looking at the table point me to

10:07

be much better than illusion that gave. and I

10:09

do think the margins could be that tight in

10:11

the end. So. There's been plenty. Thank

10:14

you this week of. The something cause

10:16

i feel for the soccer before but whose

10:18

birth on Monday. And. That and

10:20

Qpr a of ethical think she's made harder by

10:22

the fact that it's the teach you the times

10:25

the means this Monday night fade in a as

10:27

opposed to south south to the tune them out

10:29

into massive compared to where we were at a

10:31

month ago because it. Doesn't

10:33

feel that interactive. Now is very much is all.

10:36

Go wrong with our score Goals were not playing

10:38

well. But. If you look back to

10:40

January February we just winning loads games

10:42

we didn't always played brilliantly and. Argument.

10:44

We could have won both of these games.

10:46

The pathway to present it we got. penalty.

10:48

One Bushels goes it in the first African

10:50

spot that does not necessarily as much in

10:52

it as people like to think. There is.

10:54

No. because as meatloaf famously son took the

10:56

words round my mouth. Mr. Beaumont, you were

10:58

kissing me Michael, Ah, I'm not. I'm thinking

11:00

the same thing with overkill. Two hour or

11:02

two or three be enough for the final

11:05

games. Every so it's a

11:07

series of gnostic. It's just the same

11:09

thing it does, not losing by miles.

11:11

All liked We should have beaten by

11:13

Burn Fell. On his they just with all

11:16

the wrong side of mine just under thinking about the build

11:18

up like goal. I coffee with friends

11:20

this week who suggested to make. He.

11:22

Says since I was the first had a and the

11:24

buildups on the road on no one all season is

11:26

a some these things the season games attorney at but

11:29

also if you look at it that that more than

11:31

that yes if if root of means that head of

11:33

buffalo the school. But. If you look at

11:35

what's going on right, say the fuck is defense. Is

11:37

suddenly all over the place. in the so much space

11:40

is actually really really good posture place in black on

11:42

the really slick and really sharp. And. Make

11:44

Apsley the right decisions and when the ball comes,

11:46

them. But. it was it was a

11:48

bit too easy to to get through new circumstances in

11:50

the team and weather changes were made at all by

11:53

changes had to be made for the team just felt

11:55

like it had been a little bit disrupted at that

11:57

point he rate of a the chances he raped by

11:59

the they could have could have won the game. This

12:02

is when you can if you want and this is

12:04

sometimes when clubs and coaches will kind

12:06

of retreat into the comfort blanket of xg

12:08

and shots and goal and chances and everything

12:11

else because sometimes that paints the picture of

12:13

a game that you should have taken something

12:15

from and didn't and I'm not

12:17

sure. I think I

12:19

see this in two different ways. Blackpond got their game

12:21

plan absolutely spot on and it worked for them perfectly

12:23

and it's not to say it was a joy to

12:25

watch or anything like that but they totally

12:27

did a number on Leeds. At the

12:29

same time if Leeds are taking a

12:31

point from that you just said well you know they did enough

12:34

to do that whether they did enough to win the game is

12:36

probably debatable but there were there were moments in which they could

12:38

have done. It's not desperate. I

12:40

don't feel it doesn't feel to me anything

12:43

like for example that day on the Grayson

12:45

when they're trying to get promoted from league

12:47

one and they got completely ragged all by

12:49

Swindon at Ellyn Road and the defeats were

12:51

piling up and you're thinking this is real

12:53

sort of wheels wheels have come off territory.

12:55

I mean in a lot of ways what

12:58

Leeds are suffering now is similar

13:00

to the little spells that Lester and Ipswich

13:02

have had when forms deserted them but

13:04

I mean I remember going to Yovil with that

13:07

Leeds team in 2010 that was a game where

13:09

Naylor scored twice. I think it was

13:11

Easter Monday and having absolutely

13:13

zero confidence in them getting anything from that

13:15

game at all because of the way it

13:18

had gone and I can't say I feel

13:20

like that about Leeds going to Borough. I

13:22

don't feel as if it's fallen apart to

13:24

that extent but it's put them in a

13:27

corner and it's asked questions of them and

13:29

they're gonna have to come up with answers. That's

13:31

what I was getting at with the it just feels like a

13:33

goal thing I was saying before. Get

13:35

the goal gives you the platform for the win. The win

13:37

gives you the the reminder that you can win and

13:40

it's still there to be taken so

13:43

you can turn one win into two. It just feels like

13:45

I don't know it's like the gas has gone off

13:47

on the on the hub and you just need to

13:49

turn the thing and press the ignition again and get

13:52

it going. Spike the whole thing to life. The whole

13:54

picture at the top is just bizarre though because you've

13:56

suddenly got Southampton on the rails who I would have

13:58

sworn a week ago 10 days ago working out

14:00

of it. And obviously they've been helped by

14:02

the fact that it's been a struggle for the top three

14:04

to, to keep the results ticking over themselves. But

14:07

you could have Southampton level with leads this

14:09

weekend, Ipswich aren't playing this weekend because of

14:11

the FA cup. So that takes them

14:13

out of the equation for a little bit

14:15

longer, which means that the value of any

14:17

result that leads get it butter is kind

14:20

of unknown until lips, which play again. And also

14:22

depends on what Lester do against

14:24

West Brom. That game is on Saturday lunchtime.

14:26

So you've got fully two days between Lester

14:28

playing and, and lead to playing the Farkas

14:30

do speak to us tomorrow ahead

14:33

of the butter game. It'd be really interesting now

14:35

at this point, the season where it's an absolute

14:37

sharp end, what he thinks of

14:39

the fact that you've got Lester on

14:41

Saturday lunchtime and leads on Monday

14:43

night, you know, how much he thinks

14:45

that'll make a difference psychologically. And I know you'll

14:47

say, I know you'll say it doesn't

14:49

make much and it doesn't really matter. And there's no point

14:52

dwelling on it. Why I'm giving them because I think just

14:54

a needling. Yeah. And because I think it is significant,

14:58

don't you? I think if

15:00

Lester beat West Brom, that is a

15:02

long time to stew before the butter

15:05

game. And then after butter, you've got

15:07

a much shorter turnaround than everybody else before

15:09

QPR, which is another away game and another

15:11

difficult game. And I know this is just

15:13

how it isn't. And that is just TV

15:15

scheduling. But leads have been on TV

15:17

ludicrous amount this season. Well, I say ludicrous. I

15:19

mean, you would televise them a lot

15:21

partly because of the audience for partly because they've been

15:23

really good and they've won a lot of games and

15:25

they're worth, worth television. But these things can

15:27

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15:30

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16:47

Some scenarios going in and which is

16:49

bola debris dreamless by such as at

16:51

this point so lesser against West Brom.

16:53

Obviously you won't respond. To. Win

16:55

not a draw. You. Probably take

16:57

as a as a secondary concern us

16:59

post. Sometimes. And going to

17:01

Cardiff I suppose right now it would be

17:03

very important to keep them off on coattails

17:05

so. Defeat. Preferably the. Book.

17:08

Was a defeat. Would keep them in just enough so

17:10

that they go to a list and Tuesday with a

17:13

bit of a sniff of it than the the need

17:15

to go Austin when. Is that find? August

17:19

actually still do. The point is that nothing changes to

17:21

their bellies. Need to go Middlesborough when so he I

17:23

know even though my what less the doing as was

17:26

promptly still need to go there was literally do need

17:28

to when any weight but. I think

17:30

the chance to get away with a fairly

17:32

mediocre finish over these three games. Is

17:34

higher with only see teams in the race and as

17:36

if Southampton as and in the mix as well as

17:38

the possibility that less in Ipswich struggles get and so

17:40

is over the linked to from here. So.

17:42

You actually don't need as many points as you would

17:45

think but at another seems to the running am and

17:47

says i'm still getting close again. And

17:49

it does become a little bit more questionable. This.

17:52

Weekend A single dick t entirely how I feel

17:54

about less to say something. To be quite honest

17:56

at the moment I don't know what a good

17:58

results not would be. It

18:00

really depends on how the table looks. Yeah, I

18:02

could shout that. I suppose given the silly layout

18:04

fixtures next week, I think we're just going to

18:06

get together once army in between the two leads.

18:08

Okay. Yes. So maybe,

18:11

maybe we do it Wednesday and then we know exactly how the

18:13

land lies. I suppose. I think definitely

18:15

wait until that game is done. Yeah. So

18:17

we know what's happened with Leicester Southampton and

18:20

what that leaves on

18:22

the table. God, it's terrifying. You've

18:24

covered a fair number of leads, promotion pushes. What

18:26

does this feel more like? Does it feel like

18:28

a 2010? Does it feel like a 2019? Where's

18:30

this going to end up? It

18:34

doesn't feel, it doesn't feel like the

18:36

Gary monk season, you know, when they were going for

18:38

the playoffs and I said it was done and then

18:40

it definitely wasn't and it fell apart after Easter. It

18:43

really doesn't feel like that to me. It

18:45

feels similar to 2019 and I'm

18:47

not saying that I think it's going to end the

18:49

same way as 2019. But

18:51

if you remember at this point with Bea Elsa,

18:53

having looked like leads were going to

18:56

get there because they just had enough and they kept

18:58

winning enough games and then suddenly it got

19:00

away from them. I think they're in exactly

19:02

that sort of zone at the minute where they know

19:05

they can get this done. They know they're probably

19:07

good enough to get this done, but it's all dependent on three

19:10

big performances coming exactly when they

19:12

need it. 2010

19:14

was slightly different because leads went

19:17

from the point of basically

19:19

being up. We were last to our way. Yeah.

19:22

Points leads had by the time they

19:24

went to Old Trafford and then it

19:26

was like creeping death just little, little

19:29

by little. It's starting to

19:31

go wrong. Norwich starting to get back

19:33

into it and then that awful,

19:35

awful run leading up to Easter, which was

19:37

for defeats back to back when Grayson just

19:39

seemed to have lost control of the season.

19:42

And even on the last day, Gradle getting sent

19:44

off going behind to Bristol Rovers and relying on

19:46

that sudden fight back, which was a proper, it

19:49

was a great moment. But that was one

19:51

of those days where the crowd kind of

19:53

did it for them. You know, certainly helped

19:55

massively to get it done. I

19:57

don't think this feels as anxious as that. The

20:00

think it feels any will need is I

20:02

was console as that. I. Think the bigger

20:04

thats it is that you've got really. And.

20:06

Him unprecedented situation at the top of the

20:08

for club. so close and in a season

20:10

where you would be as good as promo

20:12

it already you aren't And as I've said

20:14

many many many teams. That. Are gonna be.

20:17

At well this is gonna be at least one club a

20:19

potentially to who are going to put together very very strong

20:21

seasons like going to finish in the playoffs. Yeah,

20:24

what we're going to face with Middlesborough them on

20:26

Monday you've got aside for his. Is. Twenty

20:28

ninth in the in the championship they

20:30

are eight points box of nor it's

20:32

in sex with only nine points to

20:35

play forth. So. Is over. Above

20:37

them. He. Will Scar on commentary. would

20:40

your to play to the this week's i

20:42

come off point So it's it would be

20:44

a herculean thing to overcome. The I think

20:46

that honestly it's done for them is in

20:48

itself. He's got hopefully a slight. Drop

20:50

in performance fingers crossed. although he can off

20:52

site that by the fact that they always

20:54

are a threat against Leeds on yeah, Is

20:57

it a final home fixture? I'm not sure

20:59

but one a worm. The. Want to turn

21:01

on for the home crowd is one of the midst of these. Someone.

21:03

Home game sit the top six looks a

21:06

little bit locked and i still think whole

21:08

have a capacity to get there but it

21:10

be declared as a to run some knowledge

21:12

and and the games that last. I

21:14

suspect the doubts the currencies to begun likewise

21:16

widows the prices Last chance and and lt

21:18

they were going to get that anyway but

21:21

was say something. Am. On Tuesday, didn't

21:23

really seem to to bother to tell not

21:25

been. In any m

21:27

sparkling fashion. Burrow had

21:29

a really weird season. Started examining Last

21:31

Act Palm last summer. didn't help them.

21:34

Because even get on the Caddick in a eat he seem

21:36

to gonna to get that. he seemed to have them. It's

21:38

good him to say I. Started really

21:40

badly this playback climb a satanic to

21:42

go. recovered pretty well for impressively and

21:44

actually we're in. they'll say to when

21:46

they came tell in Rosemont what as

21:48

article was a pretty tight game. the

21:50

only leads deserves to win it. but

21:52

it wasn't It wasn't easy Aston in

21:54

one a so. But. They've. They've.

21:57

Almost today if I use that. Leads.

21:59

you to have in those seasons where they platter

22:02

to make you think from time to time to make you

22:04

think that year six might be possible, but actually you deep

22:06

down that it was always going to be a gap of

22:08

about eight, nine points that left

22:10

you outside it. And that looks like them.

22:12

They might well finish top half, but they're

22:14

not going to make the playoffs from this

22:17

position. So you start to wonder whether it

22:19

does come down to the desire of the

22:21

crowd, the Riverside to see leads

22:24

fall apart as the saying goes, or

22:26

whether you'll actually find that middle spread are a little

22:28

bit like pressed, pressing what it says

22:31

there, Southampton earlier in the week. And

22:33

it's, it's kind of all done for them. Well,

22:35

fingers crossed. And obviously there's going to be

22:37

changes to their team, their squad ailing six,

22:39

this one out Greenwood six, this one out.

22:42

They've got quite a few injuries as well, haven't they potentially? I did

22:44

see a headline, but didn't follow it, follow it

22:46

through and read the article suggesting there might be

22:48

out, might be without up to like 10 or

22:50

11 players for this one in the whole squad.

22:52

It doesn't sound great up there. And obviously what

22:55

I've read of green within dispatches, I don't think it's been

22:57

going particularly well, or at least I don't think people have

22:59

been in that month with, with his form

23:01

ailing. I think has done fine. He's had a good number of

23:03

assists. I think he's a games where it hasn't been so

23:06

impressive, but it's been a sort of steady,

23:08

steady signing for him. And obviously this in

23:11

a few weeks time, we'll bring him to the end of his

23:13

time. It leads. He doesn't play on low and season eligible. The

23:15

same with came with Greenwood in

23:17

terms of the sort of match up in the head

23:20

to head, very, very similar to most

23:22

clubs that leads play. I think these look better man

23:25

for man. I think they look better across the

23:27

team. So it's going to come down to performance

23:29

levels, isn't it? And they need to find, they

23:32

need to find a little bit of spark

23:34

and imagination that hasn't been there and the

23:36

past few weeks, I sort of hoped Michael

23:38

predicted this in the podcast before black one

23:41

that moving gray into midfield would

23:43

give them a bit more energy there and make

23:45

them a bit lively or give them some of the,

23:47

you know, midfielder who is very forward

23:49

facing likes to make runs into the box actually

23:51

carries a little bit of a goal for it.

23:54

And, and I'd be very much inclined to stick

23:56

with gray there because I think that is the

23:58

sort of selection and the sort of. decision

24:01

that could yield good things in the games

24:03

that left. But I still think that

24:05

when it comes to it, Faka will stick with what he

24:07

knows and will stick with what served him pretty well up

24:09

to this point. Yeah, I fancy I'll bring Kamara back in

24:12

for this one. Just because it's a tougher away game. We're

24:15

a bit safety first, aren't we, at times? I think

24:17

he'll probably go with that, which actually as a starting

24:19

11, I'm all

24:22

right with I think what we mean by great back at

24:24

right back. Yeah. Yeah. I

24:26

was trying to colleague me about this earlier in the week and

24:28

the safety first thing is quite interesting because I

24:30

think that is the way that the games are approached. Definitely.

24:34

But you can't help feeling and nothing is

24:36

evidence of this, but when the substitutions come,

24:38

it's quite the opposite of safety for sometimes

24:41

it just feels like throwing everything

24:43

at it, but not necessarily in

24:45

a massively coordinated way. And I did

24:47

feel to where there was a

24:49

little moment that was either an injury type or

24:51

just before injury time where I'm to have the

24:53

ball about 30 yards from black runs goal. And

24:56

you could see him thinking, I've got lateral

24:59

passes on here, but not an awful lot else and

25:01

I don't really know what to do to change

25:03

this. And the definitely points

25:05

really to get sucked into that mindset

25:07

of stick it left to Somerville and let's

25:09

see, see what happens. And I think do

25:12

that too often. And it becomes a bit like the one

25:14

trick pony thing, doesn't it? Where clubs can kind of negate

25:16

that teams can prepare for it and be

25:18

ready and okay. Somerville so good. And I think he

25:20

was well deserving of the championship play of the year

25:22

award. He's been so good that he can often, often

25:24

get by that. But it did just

25:27

seem on, you know, against black, but in

25:29

particular that the ideas had kind of faded.

25:31

What do you think about these games being away from

25:34

Ellen road? Um, the next couple,

25:36

I wonder if given the amount of attention that's

25:38

been there, whether it's, uh,

25:41

it's looking for things that are going to work

25:43

in our favor. I'm just, I'm just

25:45

clutching the straws. I think we actually had a question

25:47

about this on a member show, which I'll play for

25:49

you. Actually Billy B sent this, um, sent this into

25:51

us. So answer this question then. Hi

25:53

guys. Um, I'm aware I'm

25:56

performing mental gymnastics here and

25:58

grasping at straws a little bit. But do

26:00

we think there's any mileage in

26:03

the idea that having our next

26:05

two games away from home might

26:07

be an advantage? Obviously,

26:10

teams come to Allen Road this season, sit everybody behind

26:12

the ball and try to catch it on the break

26:14

like Blackburn did at the weekend. Home

26:17

teams tend to do that a little bit less. Less

26:19

pressure from the crowd. Tell

26:21

me I'm right, please. Again, so

26:23

that's clearly the idea in my head. Anyway, I just

26:26

realised from saying the words that that's where I got

26:28

the idea from. But just going back to what I

26:30

was saying about Middlesbrough before, Phil, that home crowd's going

26:32

to want something out of them, isn't it? So is

26:34

it going to sort of encourage them to be a

26:36

little bit more risk taking? Well, tactically, I don't think

26:38

there's any doubt that what was asking that question is

26:41

correct. At Allen Road, there are very few teams who

26:43

really come out and play. And actually, even though Leicester

26:45

were ambitious in the way that they approached the game,

26:47

they did sit deep and try to counter attack, which

26:50

was a good tactic for them and should have should

26:52

have worked. But virtually everybody else is in

26:55

part the bus territory. Away

26:57

from home, like we saw against Coventry and against

26:59

Watford, it is different. I don't think

27:01

I can pretend that either of those games went particularly well.

27:04

So I'm not sure there's necessarily any science

27:06

behind the idea that being away from

27:08

home is better than being at Allen

27:10

Road. But I wrote yesterday

27:12

actually about Leeds being an emotional club.

27:14

And I wasn't trying to pretend that they're the only

27:16

one and wasn't trying to pretend that they're the only

27:19

club who suffer from this. But

27:21

you do find I've seen at Allen Road, them

27:23

false games over the line, I've seen them equally

27:26

crush Leeds teams or at least make

27:29

their own team wobble because of the atmosphere.

27:31

And there's no denying that that's how it

27:33

is. But I still think

27:35

on balance and comfortably on

27:37

balance, the Allen Road crowd is more of an

27:40

advantage to the team than a disadvantage without a

27:42

doubt. What do you do from this

27:44

game? It's Bamford, isn't it? Bamford

27:46

is going to come back in surely

27:48

because he'll attract the ire of

27:50

the Middlesbrough crowd. Nice focus for

27:53

it, all that kind of thing, you know? Yeah,

27:55

which is sometimes the sort of environment that

27:57

he really likes. I

27:59

cannot see... Faka going with the system that he

28:01

went with against Blackburn with Pirro up front, it

28:04

just didn't really work and it didn't seem to

28:06

bring much out of Pirro. So

28:08

on the basis of what we've seen from

28:10

Faka, you would assume that Banford comes in

28:13

and plays in that role. I'd be pretty

28:15

tempted to try Joseph, I have to say,

28:17

but I do get at the

28:19

same time that it's a gamble. And I

28:21

think it's very easy to make

28:23

suggestions of changes that don't then get tested. So

28:26

for as long as Joseph isn't starting up front,

28:29

it's easy to sit and say, well, he needs to play and if

28:31

you play him, he'll score goals. If you

28:33

play him and he doesn't score goals, then there are

28:35

obviously consequences of that. So you have to actually get

28:37

that decision right as opposed to just saying, right, let's

28:39

just give it a whirl. And whether Banford has been

28:42

poor or not recently, I don't think he's been great

28:44

over the past few weeks. It has been an effective

28:46

change overall since since the start of January.

28:49

I mean, you might read and we were watching

28:51

this before the game is a really interesting thing

28:53

going on with him and Joseph before the game

28:55

on Saturday. Ben and mine neither of them were

28:57

in the starting lineup from both in them in

28:59

the group of subs. Anybody who watches

29:01

the warm up will see that leads to a rondo

29:03

before and the substitutes to a rondo where somebody's in

29:05

the middle, the pass the ball about. And when the

29:07

ball goes into the middle, the

29:09

guy in the middle intercepts it, whoever's getting

29:11

the ball last swaps over with them. Piggy

29:13

in the middle, basically with feet. And

29:16

there was a proper little set to between

29:19

Banford and Joseph, a real sort of disagreement

29:21

between them about who was supposed to go

29:23

in. Now this happens quite a lot where

29:25

you'll see the players argue with each other,

29:27

but it's usually quite lighthearted. This

29:29

was more without being totally overblown.

29:32

It was more serious and there

29:34

was more to it. And it

29:36

took Cooper to intervene and Tamara

29:38

as well. I think Dan

29:40

James to sort of calm Joseph down. And Joseph

29:43

was just not having it at all. And so

29:45

you try to read into this and you sort

29:47

of think, I wonder if Joseph was unhappy at

29:49

not being picked was Banford a little bit niggly

29:51

at not being picked. It isn't

29:54

kind of settled the number nine position at the

29:56

moment, is it? I think if you did a

29:58

straw poll of people, you would get

30:00

a lot of different answers to this. And

30:02

if he did a straw poll amongst supporters, I would be

30:04

very interested to see how many people went for Joseph as

30:06

opposed to the other two. Paul It's interesting,

30:08

isn't it, how we're still having

30:10

that conversation, even after all

30:13

this time, because the Banford chat was one

30:15

that emerged during the promotion year, wasn't it?

30:17

With Kettier, then JKA came in, and you

30:20

know, we don't happen there, but you know, that's a

30:22

conversation for a different day. The feeling

30:24

that Banford, when he goes off the boil, is

30:26

not quite enough. And we bring strikers

30:28

in who don't quite suit the system. And it

30:30

happened again with Rodrigo, wasn't it? You can almost

30:33

see echoes of Rodrigo coming in as a

30:35

striker, who's not hugely mobile, so therefore can't

30:37

do the pressing ended up ends up getting

30:39

dropped into a slightly deeper position and you

30:42

play him up front and he does a little bit of

30:44

stuff, but it's not, again, it's not quite enough. Is that

30:46

just a symptom of being in the championship or is it

30:48

just that the recruitment has possibly not quite been there or,

30:50

you know, maybe even Pirro was not

30:52

quite first choice for the number nine sign

30:55

in? I will say with Joseph, he looks

30:57

as inexperienced as he is in fair little we've

30:59

seen of him in some ways looks like the

31:02

most direct number nine replacement we've actually had as

31:04

an option because in Kettier was a very different

31:06

type of, he was more of a

31:08

poacher wasn't he? And played on the plate on the shoulder kind of

31:10

a striker, which didn't necessarily work for that team.

31:12

And then we've had Tyler Roberts,

31:14

JKA, Rodrigo, they've all been not quite

31:17

a direct fit. Joseph looks like a

31:19

traditional number nine in a way that

31:21

none of those maybe did. Yeah, we're

31:24

in an era as well, aren't we, Phil, where the

31:26

hearts come by? Well, I was going to say less

31:28

of a traditional number nine in a sort of modern

31:30

number nine, which is that in Kettier was like your

31:32

old fashioned number nine poacher like Michael said, and finisher,

31:35

but that didn't work for B.L. so it didn't work

31:37

enough because he needed a nine who was running

31:40

the channels, the wings was dropping deep, linking up

31:42

play was kind of sparking the press.

31:44

And that wasn't, that wasn't really in Kettier or B.L. so

31:46

I didn't see him like that. I

31:49

think, I think Joseph can do all of that. I

31:51

think his time has gone on, he's

31:53

looked much closer to nine to be perfectly frank than

31:56

in Piro. I was kind of expecting

31:58

overall More from Piro is. The way

32:00

of movement and presents and gentle for a

32:02

great finisher. No doubt about that. A Toll

32:05

has improved our interests. Wealth Health

32:07

one of a wooden swords that wanted them.

32:09

When I know it's easy to send, a

32:11

senior is a deathly can. But.

32:14

It. Did not legally it's the solution

32:16

against on am I was not.

32:19

Especially. A decision that that worked.

32:22

With you at those things, That.

32:24

Only possible stick with it. Bora. Com.

32:26

As it's toes he probably will go back to

32:28

the bumper they be a really big coldplay Joseph

32:30

Peanut Butters was. He is indispensable to senior strikers

32:33

in order to put in a young player which

32:35

it's It's almost suggests an hour of desperation of

32:37

now that point so you kind of can't do

32:39

it from a psychological point obese, especially damaging my

32:42

due to deal with soap if they put a

32:44

lot and it still is but at the same

32:46

same you could do the right things that right

32:48

time have any effect on merit. Yeah I think

32:51

about like the been dropped towards the end of

32:53

that league one season. And he did seem

32:55

to. Resulted. Pick up around that

32:57

time as well and you'd been it end up making

32:59

mean of contributions to it so. And. And

33:01

the thing with that as well was that you had in

33:03

the back drink. When. Snowden and the

33:05

A Milla he will. Jason's persistence seems

33:08

him for quite. Nonsense. That

33:10

aegis. But so Clinton says he

33:12

have sustained Pt. Detain. Need.

33:14

To use the cell phone into a thing I

33:16

think he nice commit the team and priest and

33:18

understandably I think didn't want to do it because

33:20

of how to liable unregulated. They go school and

33:23

good to go school. Bags had was. But

33:25

you could see that a form wasn't there and I

33:27

think it went on for long enough for you to

33:29

feel like the the farm team know is gonna come

33:31

back and it was only temporary loss had been lost

33:33

in that points that needed a change in he had

33:36

bet you he. Gave you know tell

33:38

if a nothing's. I think that lots

33:40

of them and the and dusted the decisions

33:42

effects of the the captaincy the last game. Against

33:45

pistol rule assume. That off games

33:47

where you have to be brave a thing is

33:49

very different issue for a choice between sexes who's

33:51

already been buying goals in in league one and

33:53

bet you has been doing exactly the same. and

33:56

this issue to know where are you talking

33:58

about jews if who was really really

34:00

impressive down at Chelsea and actually has been pretty

34:02

impressive a lot of the time but

34:04

hasn't played enough from the start for you to

34:07

be certain that he's a cast-iron pick and

34:09

I know people will say well you only find

34:11

that out when you start to start to play him

34:13

and that's definitely true but there's

34:15

so much riding on these three games at

34:18

the same time you have to have to get it

34:20

right so if it's the right call when it's the

34:22

thing to do then it should definitely be done but

34:24

it shouldn't be done just on the basis that

34:26

people aren't having the other two therefore give somebody

34:28

a go. If I was Farka I would do

34:30

the right thing whatever

34:32

that is just do just do that. I

34:36

cannot deny that the idea of Joseph getting

34:38

a game is quite tempting. Yeah the flip

34:40

side of that is as football fans we

34:42

always want the thing that's not happening is

34:44

always the solution is and we always want

34:46

to see that and then it you

34:49

put it in it you make it happen and it doesn't

34:51

work. Not only football fans but journalists like that as well

34:53

and I will have been over the years where you say

34:56

if you'd done x why would have happened but of

34:58

course it doesn't get tested because it didn't you know

35:00

he didn't do x why it didn't happen so you have

35:02

this sort of safe zone where you

35:04

can say well that was a mistake wasn't it? It's

35:07

the Jesse Marzia zone it's what he's trading off now

35:09

isn't it we would have stayed up. But the additional

35:11

question is always so what if it doesn't

35:13

work what if you put Joseph in and

35:15

you go yeah he needs to start so you play him

35:17

and he has a he looks out

35:19

to death which I don't think he would but you

35:21

know it doesn't work. I do feel like he's got

35:23

a red card in him it's one thing I will

35:25

say looks like he might lose his rag and elbow

35:27

somewhat. Well I suppose that goes back to the run

35:29

though doesn't it the fact that it you know you

35:31

thought this was something of nothing and it developed into

35:33

a little little squabble and I should just say it

35:36

was like they were trading blows on the pitch but

35:38

you could see that it was more than just you

35:40

know there was a little bit of a falling overspill

35:42

of testosterone Phil. That's a good way of putting it

35:44

yeah like this studio. Well

35:46

we've got two bald men in here yeah that's all

35:48

fraud the testosterone that causes

35:50

it isn't it. Who's on your bald fraud

35:53

list? Maresca okay I

35:55

think that's it's in ad hoc

35:57

list of the Maresca and it was entirely given that

35:59

there were about 17 points clear. It was

36:01

entirely tongue in cheek, we should say, but kind

36:03

of gained a bit of traction. Now, if you

36:05

ever look at the official Lester account post anything,

36:08

I think I don't have his league fans who

36:10

are doing it or whatever, but just piling in

36:12

the corner of a ball from less than less

36:14

than just a direct day. Yeah. Okay. Absolutely. Well,

36:16

it's another four fixtures, isn't it? That are going

36:19

to shape the season in a very definitive manner.

36:21

Lester against West Brom, Southampton traveling to

36:23

Cardiff. We go to Middlesbrough and then it's

36:25

Lester Southampton on Tuesday. And then we'll be

36:27

back to see where we

36:30

are, whether it's, is it nuclear fallout or is

36:32

it still waiting to push the button at that

36:34

point? I

36:36

can't see much being decided after butter. Can you?

36:38

We're going to need a little bit longer after

36:40

that, but if they don't win it butter, then

36:43

yeah, I think people will be, people

36:45

will be preparing themselves for the world. I will confess

36:47

right now to having put the playoff fixture

36:54

dates into my diary today, just in case

36:57

probably won't need them. I haven't. No, I'm

37:00

not going to jinx this by telling you

37:02

what I wrote yesterday, but you know, you've

37:04

written the promotion piece. I've not resigned myself

37:06

to the playoffs yet. However, I will

37:08

be mentally ready for them. Having done, how many have I

37:10

done now? At

37:13

least three. Yeah. Where were

37:15

you in 1987 Phil? Scotland.

37:18

Yeah. How old was that point? Quite

37:20

honestly. I was, I

37:24

was six. I feel like that's legitimate,

37:26

legitimate reason. And who is given that the

37:28

awards are coming up? Who's played at the

37:30

year? We have been

37:32

tracking it actually. Conestralis,

37:35

that's Joe Rodon. Yep. Okay. Yeah.

37:38

So far. I wouldn't be surprised if

37:40

amp-du-off some level wouldn't either. Our

37:42

top, our top players, as it stands at the minute,

37:45

Joe Rodon. So we've been scoring, members have been scoring

37:47

them out of 10 game by game season average for

37:49

Joe Rodon 7.28, amp-du-7.2, some of those 7.18 and Archie

37:51

Gray 7.13. So it's all to play

37:55

for. Interesting. Interesting. I think it would be

37:58

between amp-du and some of them. me.

38:00

Rulon very close. Ruto certainly kind of

38:03

on the fringes as well without a

38:05

doubt. But if you push me, I'd

38:07

probably say some of them. Well, let's, let's worry

38:09

about it tonight. Isn't it actually it's Thursday as we,

38:11

as we record this. So we will find out who

38:13

gets what it'll be announced before the

38:15

show comes out. Yes. We could react to it

38:17

next week. If we have, let's record for a

38:19

five. Well done.

38:22

Congratulations to the winner. I guess you're a road

38:24

up. I think it's either an hour. I mean,

38:26

young player of the year is pretty self evident

38:28

in it. As reflected with spoken about the EFL

38:30

awards on the, on the weekly show this week

38:32

as well. So you can go back and check

38:34

that out. But yeah, well done to all those

38:36

lot. And I mean, it's all meaningless. Isn't

38:38

it? We chucked this one in the bed. Yeah, but

38:40

it does reflect the fact that it's been a good season.

38:42

I mean, I remember the seasons where it was basically Ross

38:45

McCormack because he was the only person that people

38:47

didn't want to sort of run out of town, you know,

38:49

and was good in lots of goals. You know, won it

38:51

on, on merit on that basis. But you know, there was

38:54

simply zero competition. Where is this time

38:56

you could make a pretty firm argument

38:58

for four to five players in that

39:00

squad. I do hope none of the

39:02

current squad enjoy those evening as much

39:04

as Ross McCormack used to enjoy the

39:06

events. I suspect they have been told.

39:09

Well, to circle back to where we started,

39:11

we've got some absolute bollocksy, matter of fact,

39:13

he related numbers chat on the member show

39:15

this week. That'll be out on Sunday. Look

39:17

out for that. Then we've got the match

39:19

ball on Monday. So

39:21

that'd be something to look forward to on it

39:23

one day night. Keep the faith people. Keep the

39:25

faith. Hey, Ray, run it. Yeah. Hey, Ray. That

39:28

was next year, isn't it? There's always next year.

39:30

Right. Thank you for joining us on this one.

39:32

We'll be back with Phil on about Wednesday. Yes.

39:34

Once the tears have stopped. We'll see you

39:38

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